Derek
Delibertis, a faux finisher based in South Bay, has so many wall
refinishing techniques to offer, he hardly ever repeats the same design
twice. “Everything is custom,” he says. Delibertis offers faded
frescoes, Venetian
plaster, ragging off, color washing, leatherizing,
strié, silk treatments, wood graining, marbleizing, murals and
stippling (a technique of pouncing small areas on the wall with the
brush).“I like to accent or embellish what they already have and
really set off the architecture,” he says. Delibertis says his faded
frescos are very popular. “They’re old-world style, more subtle.” He
once painted an image of a bamboo tree and it curved to match the curve
in the architecture. The benefits of faux finish, according to
Delibertis, are that “it’s less expensive and you don’t have to rip
things out.”

Source: LIVINGINSTYLE Magazine

Compared
with wallpaper, which can be difficult to install and even more
difficult to remove when you want to change the look of a room, faux
finishes are easy to change. “Just paint over it,” said Derek
Delibertis, a faux-finishing specialist. “There’s nothing to remove
(such as wallpaper or fabric) to create a new look.”

Source: Herald Times Online

I
was published on the front page of the San Diego Union Tribune Home
Scape section exhibiting my “Leather like Look” finishused at an ASID
Showcase home.

Source: San Diego Union Tribune

Featured
in SAN DIEGO Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine, Golden Years on Golden
Hill, 32nd Annual San Diego Historical Society Showcase.

Source: San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles

“Just
paint over it,” said Derek Delibertis, a faux-finishing specialist.
“There’s nothing to remove (such as wallpaper or fabric) to create a new
look.”

Source: The Berkshire Eagle

A specialist in faux finishes who can imitate
everything from leather to grass cloth and anything in between,
Delibertis is largely self-taught. He has just finished the entry
treatment to the San Diego Historical Society’s Showcase 2003. He is
pictured with one wall treatment he did recently at a downtown loft. He
dragged colors vertically and hand-detailed each piece in yellow and
khaki paint. Dark-brown shadowing gives a three-dimensional quality.